Baby Massage – Dorking & Leatherhead

Baby massage has been practised in many different cultures for thousands of years. This 5-week course is suitable for babies over 8 weeks old who have had their routine hip check.

Benefits include:

Helping parents feel more confident touching and handling their baby,
Helping to aid digestion and relieve wind and constipation,
Enhance body awareness,
Help babies to sleep more deeply,
Help develop co-ordination and muscle tone.

Cost £30 (unless you are on income related benefits) and can be paid in cash on your first session or via BACs.

We have courses starting regularly. If you would like to be placed on the list for the next baby massage course in Dorking or Leatherhead, then please contact us on 01306 740095

First Aid Course – Daisy First Aid

This 2-hour workshop is delivered by Daisy First Aid and focuses on first aid for babies and young children. We will cover such issues as:

  • Baby, child and adult CPR and recovery positions
  • Head injury
  • Fevers and seizures
  • Choking and fractures

Freedom Programme

The Freedom Programme is an educational programme exploring the abusive tactics, controlling behaviours and belief systems of a perpetrator of domestic abuse and the effects on survivor’s health and well-being. Please call us on 01306 740095 to book onto the next programme.

If you are currently experiencing domestic abuse, we recommend you contact ESDAS (East Surrey Domestic Abuse Services):

www.esdas.org.uk
E support@esdas.org.uk
T 01737 771350
Mon-Fri | 09:00-16:00 (confidential answerphone out of hours)

Language & Learning

Are you concerned about your child’s speech? During this interactive and engaging 10-week programme you will learn different ways to encourage your child’s speech and language development through games, play and songs.

10 weeks, with a 1 week break over half term
Mole Valley Family Centre, Goodwyns Road, Dorking, RH4 2LR

£20 for the 10 week programme, payable in advance to secure your place.
Only 8 spaces available. Priority will be given to families living within Mole Valley.

For more information or to book your place, please call the Family Centre on 01306 740095.

Messy Mondays
Mondays (term-time) | 10:00-11:30

For babies and children under 5 years old
Cost: £2 per family

Feel free to turn up at the Mole Valley Family Centre. No need to book! For more information about the group call 01306 740095

Mole Valley Babies
Thursdays | 10:45-12:00

A 6-week course costing £12 where parents of non-mobile babies can be supported as new parents and meet other parents with babies at a similar age. Experienced staff run a session each week and will be on hand to offer support and advice.

Please call us on 01306 740095 if you feel this nurturing group would benefit you.

Parenting Puzzle
Raising children can be puzzling at times, but puzzles have solutions – and the Parenting Puzzle course provides them. This 10 week informal course gives you tips and advice on how to get the best out of family life.

Wednesday 15 January – Wednesday 26 March 2025 (with one week break on Feb 12th for half-term)
19:30-21:30
Mole Valley Family Centre, Goodwyns Road, Dorking, RH4 2LR

To register interest for the next course please call 01306 740095 or email molevalleyfamilycentre@ymcaeastsurrey.org.uk

Seesaw Baby Group
Run by the Perinatal Mental Health Service on Mondays at Goodwyns Road, 1.00 – 2.30pm.

Speak to your Perinatal Mental Health Nurse for more information.

Speech and Language Stay & Play
Wednesday 11 September 2024 (5 week course) | 13:15-14:30

A 5 week Stay and Play group for pre-school children where there is a concern about development of speech and language skills (talking, listening, understanding and interacting). Parents attend the group for 5 weeks with their child. Ideas and strategies to use at home will be provided and the staff will be able to advise you about how to support speech and
language development. This course is run jointly by Speech and Language Therapy and Mole Valley Family Centre.

We ask for a donation of £2 per family per week to help towards the costs of running the group.

To discuss if this is the right group for you and your child please call us on 01306 740095 or email molevalleyfamilycentre@ymcaeastsurrey.org.uk

Stay and Play
Tuesdays (term-time) | 10:00-11:30

A stay and play group for parents and their pre-school children run jointly by Home Start East Surrey and Mole Valley Family Centre. Each week, the garden and playroom will be set up with activities to encourage exploration, curiosity and imagination. Staff will be on hand to support children and parents as they learn and play together. We end each session with songs and rhymes. We ask for a donation of £2 per family per week to help towards the costs of running the group.

This group is open to families supported by Home Start or the Family Centre, as well as those referred in by a Health Professional. To discuss if this is the right group for you and your child please contact us.

T 01306 740095
E molevalleyfamilycentre@ymcaeastsurrey.org.uk

Talking Teens
A 4 week workshop for parents of children in years 5-8

Talking Teens has been developed with Oxford psychologist and father, Dr John Coleman. The 4 week course aims to increase parents’ understanding of teenagers’ feelings and behaviour, and deliver key strategies for maintaining and improving relationships.

Wednesday 25 Sept, 2 Oct, 9 Oct & 16 Oct
19:30-21:30
Venue: Supported Learning Centre, The Ashcombe School, Ashcombe Road, Dorking, RH4 1LY

£15 – payable before the start of the course (a reduced rate is available for any family on income-related benefits).
Course manual and refreshments are provided.

To book a place on this course, please get in touch
T 01306 740095 | E molevalleyfamilycentre@ymcaeastsurrey.org.uk

Run jointly between The Ashcombe School, Home Start East Surrey and Mole Valley Family Centre.

Time out for Dads
Time out for Dads is a 5 week workshop and is suitable for dads of children under 16 years old.

Please call us on 01306 740095 to be added to the waiting list for the next course

Who’s in Charge?
Who’s in Charge? is a child to parent violence (CPV) programme aimed at parents whose children are being abusive or violent toward them or who appear out of parental control.

We aim to help parents and carers to understand that children’s challenging behaviour is multi-causal, and we explore the nature of violence, styles of parenting, entitlement & power and the social changes that make CPV more likely.

To book, call Mole Valley Family Centre on 01306 740095